"Odds Against Tomorrow" by Jenny O (R)

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Fandom: ANGEL
Pairing: lots of innuendo in various ways, no actual pairings
Author's website: Jennifer-Oksana's
Author on LJ: jennyo

Why this must be read:

A taut mystery/thriller with rotating POVs and flashbacks, Odds features an Angel gone Angelus on doximal, Darla and Drusilla holding hostages in the Hyperion, a mysterious bomber, a suspicious police detective, and Wolfram & Hart at the bottom of it all. JennyO has a good ear (pen?) for noirish stylings, and Odds is no exception - there's a lot of bruises, screwed-up relationships, and unresolved problems to go around the mystery, which is reconstructed (with the aid of some audio tapes) as we read, by the aforementioned detective.

Odds is technically one in the middle of JennyO's "Old Movie Series," but it stands firmly on its own, and is my favorite of the set. Like a good mystery novel, it keeps you searching for clues, and vaguely unsettled the whole way. Nothing is what it seems.

Odds Against Tomorrow